Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Ashford Green Party resolutions on the 'Progressive Alliance'

Earlier in August, with the Green
Party leadership context getting underway, I published an article about some of
the underlying issues LINK. These include the proposal for a
'progressive alliance' which forms part of the Lucas-Bartley platform.
Their election statement for co-leader proposes in their 'Comprehensive Plan to
transform the Green Party':

CRACK OPEN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM by
exploring a one-time alliance with other progressive parties at the next
election in order to replace our failed electoral system with proportional
representation.

At a recent meeting Ashford Green
Party discussed the progressive alliance and passed the following resolutions which will be
of interest to Green Party members:

Enforcing the democratic
process in regards to The Progressive Alliance

Ashford Green Party believes that any
formal national electoral alliance between the Green Party of England and Wales
(GPEW) and any other political party should be arrived at through the
conventional internal democratic process by which any other policy is agreed.

Ashford Green Party is calling on
the leadership and all other members of the party to immediately cease from
claiming that the GPEW supports a progressive alliance until a policy is passed
by conference or an internal referendum which gives all members a voice on the
matter.

Ashford Green Party is calling on
the national GPEW to remain neutral on the issue of an electoral alliance in
its use of resources and infrastructure, such as membership emails, website and
social media accounts, unless and until a policy proposal is passed advocating
that position. This is to ensure neither the supporters or those that oppose
the policy proposal have an unfair advantage.

RESULTS – For 16, Against
3, Abstain 2

Opposing an electoral alliance
with The Liberal Democrats

Ashford Green Party believes that
the Liberal Democrat party has proven itself unfit for governance, having
enthusiastically and unapologetically enabled the Conservative Party to deliver
an austerity government which hurt the poorest and most vulnerable in Britain.
This included the disgraceful cuts to the disabled which has seen thousands of
people die. They are also guilty of destroying the trust of young people by
going back on their promises over tuition fees.

Ashford Green Party believes this
makes them a party whose values are incompatible with the Green Party of
England and Wales and should not be considered for a national electoral
alliance.

Ashford Green Party is calling on
the Green Party of England and Wales not to enter a national electoral alliance
with the Liberal Democrat party.

RESULTS – For 10, Against
8, Abstain 3Opposing an electoral alliance
with the Labour Party

Ashford Green Party believes that
as long as the Labour Party is suffering a political identity crisis, it would
be unwise to form an alliance with the Labour Party.

Ashford Green Party believes that
Jeremy Corbyn is an ally to our cause. However, whilst the Labour Party is in
its current state, with the majority of its MPs purposefully undermining Corbyn
and pushing against our shared core values, Ashford Green Party also believes
it would be unhelpful to form any alliance with the Labour Party.

Ashford Green Party does not
accept the proposal of helping elect neoliberal Labour Party MPs who do not
represent the sort of Labour Party that Jeremy Corbyn embodies, which a formal
national alliance would result in.

Ashford Green Party is calling on
the Green Party of England and Wales to not enter into a national electoral
alliance with the Labour Party, until and unless there is a significant change
to the ideals of the parliamentary Labour Party, which both unite the Labour
Party and are more in accord with the Green Party’s values and policies.

RESULTS - For 11, Against
6, Abstain 4

Voting for Green Party leader,
deputy leader/s and the executive closes at noon on Thursday.

1 comment:

As I briefly viewed candidates' election statements regarding the Leader, Co-Leader and Deputy Leader and other Green Party EXecutive (GPEX) today as a voter, I noticed that some of the statements had Q&A sections with reference to 'SMART' targets.

The official definition of 'SMART' targets or objectives is 'Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-limited', whereas my take on the abuse of SMART is 'Spurious, Managerial, Arbitrary, Random & Terminal'.

And it struck me that 'SMART' targets in the conventional sense for the Green Party nationally can be inappropriate given the autonomy of each Green Party branch and region.

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